diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c
index e69bc373ae2e54db4cd5e765a5fe94628240a988..535d1ab1a52fc6339ea03318c27e6a610e8fc73c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c
@@ -342,8 +342,10 @@ int vmw_validation_add_resource(struct vmw_validation_context *ctx,
 		}
 	}
 	node->res = vmw_resource_reference_unless_doomed(res);
-	if (!node->res)
+	if (!node->res) {
+		hash_del_rcu(&node->hash.head);
 		return -ESRCH;
+	}
 
 	node->first_usage = 1;
 	if (!res->dev_priv->has_mob) {